Trypanosoma cruzi
"Trypanosoma cruzi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The agent of South American trypanosomiasis or CHAGAS DISEASE. Its vertebrate hosts are man and various domestic and wild animals. Insects of several species are vectors.
| Descriptor ID |
D014349
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.887.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Trypanosoma cruzi- Trypanosoma cruzi
- Trypanosoma cruzus
- cruzi, Trypanosoma
- cruzus, Trypanosoma
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Trypanosoma cruzi" by people in Profiles.
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Bryan CF, Tegtmeier GE, Rafik N, Markham LE, Murillo D, Nelson PW, Shield CF, Warady BA, Aeder MI. The risk for Chagas' disease in the Midwestern United States organ donor population is low. Clin Transplant. 2004; 18 Suppl 12:12-5.
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Schielke JE, Selvarangan R, Kyes KB, Fritsche TR. Laboratory diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a colony-raised pigtailed macaque. Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci. 2002 Jul; 41(4):42-5.